France: Four Charged With Ties to Syrian Jihadists

By MAÏA de la BAUME

September 10, 2013

French judges opened a formal investigation on Monday into four men suspected of links to jihadist activities in Syria, the office of the Paris prosecutor announced Tuesday. The four suspects, ages 23 to 34, were arrested last week after a robbery at a fast food restaurant in Coignières, a suburb of Paris. The police said the men carried out the robbery to finance a trip by one of the men to Syria. The four were charged with complicity in a terrorist undertaking.